Linda held Alastor’s arm stopping him from moving on. “You shouldn’t be here.”

“I know, but the enemies ashore left. I saw that you’re getting yourself get killed, so I decided to jump and aid you. You can hardly blame me after seeing you got your ass kicked.”

Linda got up. She chanted another spell.

An Ice wall began to erupt and encircled the enemy.

“Inquiara Magic: Ice Dome!”

Linda literally encapsulated the enemy by incapacitating it by spewing the thorns of ice like rose and was frozen over before the explosion of the dome. The ice crippled away as it explodes. The Deziun Alle was frozen over her attack.

Alastor sighs and aided Linda to lift her on his shoulders. She looks restless.

“I can handle this.”

“Yeah-yeah. Tell me about it. You’re getting your ass kicked and you expect me to stand idle by?”

“Al, you’re a Mana Folder. What possibly you can offer?” Rasped the woman, standing and finally got up on her feet, “You’d do more harm than good.”

He hissed. He swings his sword and did not retreat despite her words of discouragement. His stature is tense and alert as ever been when engaged in combat.

“I forbid you and yet it’s useless.”

“It never is. Now, thanks to the monster’s aggravation the monsters fled and we can focus all of our reinforcements to that monster.”

She snorted. “In the given case, I can’t deny it.”

The ice statue cracks open and with sheer strength, the monster broke free from the spell. Drought and unsatiated, Deziun Alle sprang its gigantic sword multiplied looking same copies to the original but the only thing differ is that it was covered in shadow.

Deziun Alle’s summoned swords flung over the mercenaries.

“Is it real?” Someone asked. He’s still hesitant to believe if it was real or just an illusion. His comrade on the other hand felt the other way and jump over to him.

“Whether if it’s real or not, if you see a blade crossing its path to you, you don’t hesitate to dodge it!” His friend shouted at him.

As the first summoned sword landed on the ground the others followed, locking on its prey. The targeted individuals sprinted away and others created barriers to blocked the sword in which proved to be insufficient on halting its speed and strength.

At the end of the line, there’s a lot of casualties on their side.

Ken was spared when his comrades were able to dig a hole in the ground and generated an energy field to somehow lessen the impact of the sword.

“What a fucking bastard,” Ken muttered. “Not only he has strong melee attacks, he can also use projectile attacks.”

The other two who helped him were knocked down and unable to get up. The injury wasn’t fatal though but the mana they spend takes a toll on their mental and physical strength. Because of it, they’re convulsing.

“Damn it!” He bellowed and held his wrist, checking the two’s vital, “You’re still breathing but it’s dropping. Shit. You guys needed to be tended back in the medic station.”

He raised his head and saw the other mercenaries engaging the enemy. Even still, they were easily oppressed and dominated by the monster's strength. They were all scattered from each other and one by one they got up and distracted Deziun Alle while the others carried their comrades to the medical station.

A certain man unexpectedly and finally showed up. He was apparently and intentionally taking a nap in his room but instead, he totally slept and forgot to join them. Only the strike from the sword that seemingly lost its way and found it stuck on his ceiling, nearly cutting his stomach and was one inch way to him.

“Damn it! I told those kids to wake me up!”

After witnessing how their fight against the monster unfolds, he quickly changes and go to the stable where Liber is sleeping loud and locked in the cage. He shot the locker and woke Liber from sleeping.

“Wake up buddy. We’re taking you out on the battlefield.”

He rode the Comodo and took off.

Steadfast he went charging to the Deziun Alle. There are no more mercenaries who are fighting against it as they were all injured.

“Listen to me, Liber. Find Alastor and bring him to me.”

As they get closer, Deziun Alle raised its sword and cut through horizontally. Cid jumped off the Comodo and they successfully evaded the enemy.

He quickly cast a spell and threw the fire at the enemy. Just as before, the magic was easily neutralized. His boots dug on the ground and he quickly evaded the enemy’s sword before chanting another spell.

“Fireez Ampireture.”

One inch of flame appeared and landed on the skin of the enemy. Deziun Alle simply gazes at it and in a matter of seconds, it quickly grew, engulfing its body.

The enemy’s sword slashed and the fire was absorbed away on the tip of it.

“Holy damn.”

He quickly conjured and manifested a wall of earth to protect himself against the attack of the enemy. But to no luck, he got injured in the process. An icicle sprung to its back and had the Deziun Alle bent on his knees. It was a fruitless effort but it was enough for them to save Cid from the enemy.

“You alright?” It was more of a statement rather than a question. Cid looks at the wound on his shoulder.

“I’ll be fine.”

“Why the fuck did you bring Liber here?”

“Hey. It may be far from a fighting Comodo, but it can do some tricks too.”

“Yeah, I know, but this is a different case. The monsters are literally the same level as the monsters back in Vesoga Plain. I don’t him to die just because of some stupid monsters that are less worth than him.”

“Guys!” Linda shouted. “I appreciate we got the band together but things aren’t going well in here.”

Deziun Alle broke free from the grasp of her spell and now enraged by her continuous meddling. The monster glanced at her and felt the malevolent intentions.

“It’s mad of me?!” Linda asked herself.

“Seems like it. That’s good. We’ll use you as a distraction.” Cid replied.

“The hell?!”

“We can’t defeat the enemy if we keep this up defending ourselves.”

“You have a plan?” Alastor asked Cid.

“Yeah. I have a hypothesis, but I can’t confirm it yet if that son of a bitch still moving. So, we need to find a way to somehow immobilize it first. But we need a clearing, where no one will get caught with our attack.”

“Count me in.” The bloodied Kazan stands up beside them. “I’ll help Linda in distracting the enemy while you prepare the magic.”

Cid nodded to show he understood.